Hospital - GI/Endoscopy RN Manager

• Oversees patient care operations for hospital-based gastroenterology and endoscopy services, ensuring the delivery of safe, efficient, high-quality, patient-centered care and coordination of diagnostic, therapeutic, and advanced endoscopic services.
• Provides leadership and direct operational oversight for Registered Nurses and GI/Endoscopy Technicians, ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, patient-centered care and coordination of advanced endoscopic services.
• Promotes staff competency and professional development in procedural workflow and related areas aligned with the technical competencies and responsibilities established for the Endoscopic GI Technician role.
• Ensures departmental readiness for scheduled and emergent diagnostic, therapeutic, and advanced endoscopic procedures represented within the existing Endoscopic GI Technician scope.
• Oversees the safe and effective use of GI/endoscopy equipment, specialized procedural technology, and other equipment utilized by the department.
• Provides managerial oversight of endoscope and instrument reprocessing and infection prevention practices, in accordance with applicable policies, procedures, manufacturers' instructions for use, and infection prevention standards.
• Develops staffing plans and manages workforce utilization based on procedural volume, patient acuity, procedure complexity, workload, productivity expectations, and department needs; monitors staffing effectiveness.
• Manages department-specific performance standards and key performance indicators (KPIs). Provides feedback and implements corrective action or improvement strategies as appropriate.
• Evaluates patient care delivery,workflows, andprocesses and manages continuous quality and performance improvement initiatives.
• Ensures departmental compliance and ongoing readiness for regulatory and accreditation requirements, institutional, divisional, and unit-based policies, and procedures; conducts and/or participates in readiness audits, assesses compliance with applicable standards, identifies opportunities for improvement, and maintains knowledge of requirements governing clinical and procedural services.
• Collaborates with physicians, nursing, technical staff, interdisciplinary teams, and organizational leadership to support department operations, resolve issues, communicate findings, and improvement opportunities to ensure resources and processes support GI/endoscopy services.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

• Ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of concepts, practices, policies, and standards related to hospital-based gastroenterology/endoscopy nursing and procedural services.
• Demonstrated clinical expertise in gastroenterology/endoscopy, program development, quality/performance improvement, and nursing leadership.
• Knowledge of diagnostic, therapeutic, and advanced gastrointestinal procedures and the nursing and technical support required for safe care.
• Ability to direct and contribute to initiatives and processes while creating a collaborative and respectful multidisciplinary team environment and improving clinical and operational workflows.
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved planning, resource allocation, human resources management, leadership techniques, productivity, and coordination of people and resources.
• Knowledge of infection prevention principles aseptic practices, endoscope handling, leak testing, high-level disinfection, sterilization when applicable, storage, and tracking processes.
• Demonstrated ability to organize and coordinate work within schedule constraints and respond promptly to emergent patient care, staffing, equipment, and procedural requirements.
• Knowledge of GI/endoscopy equipment, supplies, procedural instrumentation, and technologies used in routine and advanced endoscopic procedures.
• Ability to manage multiple and simultaneous responsibilities and prioritize departmental workload and staffing.
• Ability to develop, evaluate, and maintain staff competencies for Registered Nurses and GI/Endoscopy Technicians
• Ability to interpret and apply operational, quality, safety, financial, productivity, and performance data.
• Excellent customer service, problem-solving, critical-thinking, organizational, and negotiating skills.
• Ability to exercise sound independent judgment in a fast-paced procedural environment.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience with shared governance, employee engagement, staff development, recruitment, and retention.

Education:

• Bachelor's of Science in Nursing required

   

Certification/Licensure:

• Current Texas Board of Nursing (or Compact State) RN license; Or a Temporary Texas RN License (Permanent TX license within 90 days upon hire). 
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, within 7 days of hire.